pointillé

1. A luxurious style of finishing consisting of
dotted lines and curves impressed on the covers of
a book. In the first half of the 17th century,
pointillé was used by numerous French
bookbinders and/or gilders, including Florimond
Badier and Macé Ruette, although in terms
of sheer magnificence of execution, it reached its
pinnacle earlier in the bindings associated with
the name (LE)
GASCON . 2. A generic term indicating a form
of dotted book decorations. 3. A small dotted
finishing tool. See also: FANFARE STYLE ;PINHEAD STYLE . See
PLATE VIII . (94 ,
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